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Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
bookshelves: autumn-2014, radio-4x, published-2012, mystery-thriller, cosy, under-1000-ratings, britain-england, cambridgeshire
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Read from November 06 to 07, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p7hqlDescription: It is 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is an unconventional clerical detective. He can go where the police cannot.
Together with his roguish friend, inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewelry theft at a New Year’s Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a jazz promoter’s daughter, and a shocking art forgery that puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty, but he nonetheless manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, and hot jazz—as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior.
1/3 Call Me Pamela: the cleric is drawn into a murky world of passion and murder following the suspicious death of a solicitor. Read by Alex Jennings. 2/3 A Solicitor's Diary: The cleric continues to investigate the solicitor's death with the help of surprising new evidence. 3/3 A Woman Scorned: The cleric has made a breakthrough in the case, but will he be able to reveal who killed the solicitor? The theme music: Jacques Loussier - "Air On A 'G' String" - '66
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